What is Java Swing,Definition of Java Swings,Java Swing API

What is Java Swing?

Here, you will know about the Java swing. The Java Swing provides the multiple platform independent APIs interfaces for interacting between the users and GUIs components. All Java Swing classes imports form the import javax.swing.*; package. Java provides an interactive features for design the GUIs toolkit or components like: labels, buttons, text boxes, checkboxes, combo boxes, panels and sliders etc. All AWT flexible components can be handled by the Java Swing. The Java Swing supports the plugging between the look and feel features. The look and feel that means the dramatically changing in the component like JFrame, JWindow, JDialog etc. for viewing it into the several types of window.

Here the following APIs interfaces and classes are available:

The following interfaces and it's descriptions to be used by the Java swing.

Interfaces

Descriptions

Action

This interface performed the action with the ActionListener where the multiple controls are used for same purposes.

BoundedRangeModel

This interface defines the data model of components like: sliders and progressBars.

ButtonModel

It defines the state model for the buttons like: radio buttons, check boxes etc.

CellEditor

This interface used by the developer for creating the new editor and it has the new components implement interfaces. The CellEditor implements the wrapper based approach.

ComboBoxEditor

In this interface, the editor component used to JComboBox components.

ComboBoxModel

This interface represents the data model in a list model with the selected items.

DesktopManager

This interface has JDesktopPane object. The JInternalFrame implements in the JDesktopPane with the help of DesktopManager.

Icon

This interface used to graphical representation of the components. It has fixed size picture.

JComboBox.KeySelectionManager

This interface has KeySelectionManager and used for the combo box data model.

ListCellRenderer

This interface used for paint the cell in the list with the help of "rubber stamps" .

ListModel

This interface used for JList components method. It gets the value of each cell of list.

ListSelectionModel

This interface indicates the components, which are stable or not.

MenuElement

This interface used where the any components are implements in the menu.

MutableComboBoxModel

This interface extends from the ComboBoxModel. It is a mutable version of ComboBoxModel.

Renderer

It defines the requirements of an object for displaying the values.

RootPaneContainer

This interface uses the RootPane properties and it has the components like: JFrame, JInternalFrame and JWindow etc.

Scrollable

This interface provides the scrolling to show the large amount of data with the help of JScrollPane.

ScrollPaneConstants

This interface used for JScrollPane components.

SingleSelectionModel

This interface used to select the one index in a model.

SwingConstants

You can set the components on the screen to own requirements.

UIDefaults.ActiveValue

It constructs the DefaultListCellRenderer.

UIDefaults.LazyValue

This enables one to store an entry in the default table. The entered value is not constructed until first time is a real value is created through it using LazyValue.createValue() method.

WindowConstants

This interface has two methods setDefaultCloseOperation and getDefaultCloseOperation and provides the window close opration.

The following classes and it's descriptions to be used by the Java swing.

Classes

Descriptions

AbstractAction

This class handles the any types of action and provides JFC Action interface.

AbstractButton

This class defines the nature of buttons and menu items.

AbstractCellEditor

It provides a list and contents of the data model.

AbstractListModel

This class defines the data model which provides the list with its contents.

ActionMap

This class works with InputMap and performs any action when the key is pressed.

BorderFactory

This class extends from Object and creates the Border instance in the factory.

Box

It provides the fixed spaces between two components and uses the BoxLayout object of the layout manager.

Box.Filler

This class participates in the Layout and uses the lightweight components.

BoxLayout

This class uses the arranging the multiple components either horizontally or vertically. The Box container uses this class.

ButtonGroup

This class used to create the multiple buttons in a ButtonGroup object.

CellRandererPane

This class used to insert the components like: JList, JTable and JTree.

ComponentInputMap

This class has ComponentInputMap constructor and creates the components with the help of InpuMap.

DebugGraphics

It extends from the Graphics and used to debug the graphics

DefaultBoundedRangeModel

This class provides the implementation of default BoundedRangeModel.

DefaultButtonModel

This class implements the generic ButtonModel.

DefaultCellEditor

It implements the TableCellEditor and TreeCellEditor for the table and tree cells.

DefaultComboBoxModel

It provides the default model for combo boxes.

DefaultDesktopManager

It implements the DesktopManager. The DesktopManager has the JInternalFrame for creating the internal fame in a frame.

DefaultFocusManager

It provides the implementing the FocusManager.

DefaultListCellRanderer

It implements the default ListCellRanderer.

DefaultListCellRanderer.UIResource

This extends the DefaultListCellRanderer and implementing in the UIResource.

DefaultListModel

It extends the AbstractListModel and implementing the java.util.Vector.

DefaultListSelectionModel

This class used for select the list in a data model.

DefaultSingleSelectionModel

This class provides the default SingleSelectionModel.

FocusManager

It handles all focus like: gainedFocus and lostFocus.

GrayFilter

It extends the RGBImageFilter and used for disabling the image through the button.

ImageIcon

This class implements the Icon and paints the icons from the images.

InputMap

This class uses the ActionMap to performed the action when you press any key of keyboard. It bounds data between the input event and an object.

InputVerifier

This class helps you when you works with the text fields through the focus.

JApplet

This class extends the Applet and implements the Accessible and RootPaneContainer.

JButton

This class extends the AbstractButton and you can create the new button.

JCheckBox

This class extends the JToggleButton and implements the check box in which buttons are selected or deselected.

JCheckBoxMenuItem

It extends the JMenuItem and determines the items which is selected or deselected.

JColorChooser

It extends the JComponent and implementing the Accessable. Here, you choose and manipulate the colors.

JComboBox

This class extends the JComboBox. It provides the drop-down list where user select only one item or value at a time. But combo box is a combination of multiple text or buttons etc.

JComponent

In java swing, All components are used the JComponent except the top-level containers like: JFrame, JDialog etc.

JDesktopPane

This class extends the JLayeredPane and when you create the object of JInternalFrame to be maintained in the JDesktopPane. The JDesktopPane has DesktopManager.

JDialog

It extends the Dialog. This class used to create the dialog window and when you want to create the custom dialog window with the help of JOptionPane method.

JEditorPane

This class extends the JTextComponent. It edits the component by the EditorKit.

JFileChooser

This class provides the facility to choosing the file.

JFrame

It extends the Frame and supports the swing components architecture.

JInternalFrame

This class extends from the JComponent and provides the facility to dragging, closing, resizing and menu bar of the internal frame. The JInternalFrame added into the JDesktopPane.

JInternalFrame.JDesktopIcon

It displays the desktop icon and create the instance of JInternalFrame and iconify.

JLabel

This class used to show the small text and image.

JLayeredPane

It has JFC/Swing container that can be used to overlap the components to each other.

JList

This class used to create a list where you select the one or more than objects.

JMenu

This class used to create a new menu where you add the JMenuItems. When you select the item then shows the popup menu items in the JMenuBar.

JMenuBar

It used to create a new menu bar where the JMenu objects are added.

JMenuItem

This class used to create new menu items in the mebus.

JOptionPane

It used to create some different types of dialog box like: message dialog box, error dialog box etc.

JPanel

It extends the JComponent and used to create a new panel.

JPassworkField

It provides the single line text editing. Here, don't available the original characters but view type indication characters are available.

JPopupMenu

This class used to create a popup menu. It provides small window where the various types of choices are available.

JPopupMenu.Separator

Here the popup menu and the separator are available.

JProgressBar

It shows the integer types values in percent within a bounded range to determine the working process.

JRadioButton

It implements the radio button and shows the state of an item selected or deselected.

JRadioButtonMenuItem

It extends the JMenuItem and implements the radio button menu item

JRootPane

This class provides the component behind the scenes by JFrame, JWindow, JDialog etc. for providing the task-orientation and functionality.

JScrollBar

This class used to create a scroll bar. It provides the view content area where you show the content to scroll this.

JScrollPane

It provides the scrollable view components.

JSeparator

This class use the separator among the components.

JSlider

This class provides a control to represent a numeric value by dragging the slider.

JSplitPane

This class used to divides the two components graphically like: top and button, left and right.

JTabbedPane

This class provides the tab component through which you can switch from one component to another component regarding to the specific tab button by clicking on that.

JTable

It provides the user interface component and represents the two dimensional data.

JTextArea

It provides the multi line plain text area.

JTextField

It provides the facility to editing the text in a single line.

JTextPane

This class provides the component like JTexArea for multiple lines text with more capabalities.

JToggleButton

It implements two state button that means selected or deselected.

JToggleButton.ToggleButtonModel

It extends the DefaultButtonModel and provides the ToggleButton model.

JToolBar

It provides set of command buttons icons that performs the different actions or controls.

JToolBar.Separator

It provides the tool bar separator.

JToolTip

It shows the tool tips related to it's components.

JTree

It shows the data in a hierarchical way.

JTree.DynamicUtilTreeNode

This extends the DefaultMutableTreeNode and create children nodes.

JTree.EmptySelectionModel

It does not allows the any selection.

JViewPort

It gives you about the underlying information.

JWindow

It extends window and shows the any location or area on the desktop. It couldn't any title bar and window management buttons.

KeyStroke

This class controls the key events on the keyboard for the equivalent device.

LayoutFocusTraversalPolicy

This class conducts the sorting objects according to their size, type, position or orientation.

LookAndFeel

It provides the dramatically changes in the component like frame related to the graphics for the application. Through this the application can be done very efficient and easier.

MenuSelectionManager

It has menu selection hierarchy.

OverlayLayout

The layout manager arrange the components.

ProgressMonitor

This class is used to monitoring the progress of any operation to be done.

ProgressMonitorInputStream

This class creates a progress monitor to monitor the progress of reading input from the input stream. It cleanups all the rights when the stream is closed.

RepaintManager

This class manage and override the repaint requests.

ScrollPaneLayout

It implements the LayoutManager and manage the components like: scroll bar, row header, column header etc.

ScrollPaneLayout.UIResource

It extends the ScrollPaneLayout and implements the UIResource.

SizeRequirements

It calculates the size and positions of components.

SizeSequence

It represents the order list of size and it's positions.

SwingUtilities

This class has utilities methods for swing.

Timer

Actions perform the predefined rate.

ToolTipManager

It manages the all tool tips.

UIDefaults

It extends the Hashtable and you set/get the value with the help of UIManager.

UIDefaults.LazyInputMap

This class creates a Input Map through it's createValue() method. The array of key after binding is passed to the constructor of this. Example of binding of key is array of pressing key information (e.g. ctrl + c or alt + f).

UIDefaults.ProxyLazyValue

This class is used to create a lazy value which is used to delay loading of the class to create instance for that.

UIManager

This class has track of the current look and feel details.

UIManager.LookAndFeelInfo

This is the nested class of UIManager class i.e. used for getting information about all the look and feels installed with the software development kit.

ViewportLayout

It implements the LayoutManager and defines the policy for the layout.

The following Exceptions and it's description to be used by the Java swing.

Exception

Descriptions

UnsupportedLookAndFeelException

This exception occurred when the look and feel classes are not supported to user's system.

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